WAML
FALL CONFERENCE
University of Nevada, Reno
November 8 - 11, 2000

University Inn and Midby Byron Building
1001/1041 N. Virginia St.

Host: Linda Newman,
lnewman@unr.edu
(775) 784-6945 ext. 230

WAML IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Program as of 24 October 2000

Wed., November. 8, 2000 6 - 9pm
                            Early Bird gathering at Linda Newman's
 

Thursday, November 9
8am- Noon       WAML Executive Board meeting
                            and no-host breakfast (from Cafe, 2nd floor University Inn)
                            University Inn, Board Room, Fifth Floor, Room 229

NOTE: ALL SUCCEEDING PRESENTATIONS ARE IN MIDBY BYRON BUILDING
         ROOMS 107 AND 109 ( NEXT DOOR TO UNIVERSITY INN)

9am -            Registration, Room 107, Midby Byron Bldg.
                  Vendor displays open, Room 107

10:00 - 11:30   GIS Metadata Introduction and Mini-workshop, Room 109
                             `You, too, can do Metadata!'
                             Gary Johnson, NV Bureau of Mines and Geology

11:45 -1:00        Lunch suggestions: University Inn, 2nd Floor, or cross the street
                                  to the Student Union, The Cellar

1:15 pm               Greetings  and Announcements, Room 109
                               Steven Zink, Dean of Libraries, UNR
                               President Deckelbaum,    Linda Newman, Host
1:30 - 2:15      Paul Starrs, UNR Geography Dept.:
                               Reno: Streets, Rails, Trails, and Maps
2:15 - 3:15        Jerry Tiehm: Nevada - the last botanical frontier in America
3:15 - 3:45      Break - Room 107 for map exchange and vendors
3:45 - 4:30      Robert Huxford, WA Dept. Natural Resources/
                                Dept. of Ecology: Historical  Map Recovery  
4:30 - 5:15       Marc Ugalde, Basque Studies Program: The Basque in the New World
6:15 - 8:30      Dinner at Louis’  Basque Corner...back room [RSVP]

Friday, November 10
8:30             Registration, Room 107
9 :00            Welcome, announcements, Room 109
9:15 - 10       Gary Hausladen, Head, Geography Dept.: Places for Dead Bodies
10 - 10:45       David Rumsey, Julie Sweetkind, Phil Hoehn:
                                The Rumsey  Collection Online            
10:45 - 11:15   Break and Vendor displays, Room 107
11:15 - Noon      Joe Tingley, NV Bureau of Mines & Geology: The Loneliest Road
Noon - 1:30      Lunch suggestions: University Inn, Second Floor Cafe, or
                     Student Union: The Cellar
1:30 - 4:00     WAML Business Meeting & Sounding Board 
                         President Deckelbaum, presiding
2:30-3:00        Break and vendor displays
4:00 - 4:45        Janet Collins, Western Washington University:
                                 Government information and depository libraries

5 pm           RELOCATE TO MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES BLDG., UNR QUAD

5 - 6:30         Reception/tour of DeLaMare Library & Keck Museum
7 - 9:30         Banquet: Silver Peak Restaurant & Brewery, 124 Wonder St. [RSVP]
                                    Guest: George R. McKinstry of The Donner Party

Sat. Nov. 11     Field Trip: `The Truckee River corridor and the Donner Experience’
9am - 5pm         Truckee River corridor and the Donner Party - geography and history.
                              Depart at 9am from the University Inn for trip west along I-80 and the
                              Truckee River corridor with tour and lunch at Donner Park, Truckee, CA
                              Return via downtown historic Truckee
                               Tour guides: Prof. Joseph Lintz, Emeritus, Geological Sciences Dept.,  UNR    
                               Linda Newman, Geoscience & Map Librarian, UNR
                               Andrea Batie, Ranger, Donner State Park

Our conference is generously supported by David Rumsey.